The Lincoln Review

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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The Lincoln Review is an annual international literary journal published by the University of Lincoln's Creative Writing programme, featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, translations, and other creative work.

Response time info: 3–5 months

Read the full guidelines at lincolnreview.org↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Mar 31, 2027Pays: No payment is offered.

Open to: Current University of Lincoln students and staff may not submit; undergraduate and postgraduate alumni and former employees must wait three years before submitting.

General submissions are open from 1 September to 31 March each year. Fiction should be up to 2,000 words; submit only one previously unpublished work at a time. Simultaneous submissions are accepted with notification if accepted elsewhere.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Mar 31, 2027Pays: No payment is offered.

Open to: Current University of Lincoln students and staff may not submit; undergraduate and postgraduate alumni and former employees must wait three years before submitting.

General submissions are open from 1 September to 31 March each year. Creative nonfiction and essays should be up to 2,000 words; interviews and book reviews require a query first. Work must be previously unpublished.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Mar 31, 2027Pays: No payment is offered.

Open to: Current University of Lincoln students and staff may not submit; undergraduate and postgraduate alumni and former employees must wait three years before submitting.

General submissions are open from 1 September to 31 March each year. Submit a single-document portfolio of up to 4 poems; work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are accepted with notification if accepted elsewhere.

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